Oshiomhole escapes death as trailer crashes into convoy, two cops killed

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Former chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole missed death by the whiskers on Tuesday, when a trailer crashed into the party’s campaign convoy at Benin Bye-Pass.

While Oshionmhole was lucky, two policemen in the convoy died in the accident at Oluku Junction.

It was not clear whether the APC candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu was also embedded in the convoy.

The accident was being seen by some members of Oshiomhole’s party as staged by the political opponents, while some said it was just a normal accident.

The gravity of the accident and the fatalities involved led the party to suspend further campaign, according to a statement issued after the accident.

The party said it suspended the campaign to grieve with families of the victims.

Edo election will be held on 19 September.

Read the Edo APC statement on the accident: